Although water restrictions are in place, that shouldn’t be the only time you think about reducing your household’s water usage. In fact, by using less water year-round, you’ll be cutting your water bill, and who doesn’t like saving money?

So here are 8 tips you can start doing right now, with little to no cost, that will cut your water usage, cut your water bill and help out the aquifer, which we all depend on for water to drink. Sounds like a win-win-win, doesn’t it?

After 450 miles of paddling we have made two trips to the welder’s shop to repair the canoe hull, broken a foot brace, ripped the bow plate, snapped a paddle, cracked a carbon fiber seat, popped rivets and snaps and sheered off our light. …